truce
A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the…A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
» The enemy wanted to discuss a truce with us.
Der Feind wollte einen Waffenstillstand mit uns bereden.
Meaning
2 sensesA period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
An uneasy truce
Waffenstillstand, Waffenruhe
переми́риеperemírije, зати́шьеzatíšʹje
переми́р'яperemýrʺja
An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.
He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.
переми́риеperemírije
- a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
Examples
12 sentencesThe enemy wanted to discuss a truce with us.
deDer Feind wollte einen Waffenstillstand mit uns bereden.
The truce was broken by gunfire in the Ukraine.
Перемир'я було порушено в результаті обстрілу в Україні.
ruПеремирие нарушилось из-за стрельбы на Украине.
The truce did not last long.
ruПеремирие длилось недолго.
deDie Waffenruhe hielt nicht lange vor.
Shall I report a truce or war?
Nobody wants to talk about a truce.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, aFrom Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.
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